OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), the insurance industry's association dedicated to predicting, preventing, and prosecuting insurance crime and fraud, announces that David Glawe will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer in October after six years of service leading the nonprofit organization.

"On behalf of the Board of Governors, I want to thank David for his six years of service to NICB and his commitment to its important mission," said Nick Seminara, Chairman of the NICB Board of Governors. "We appreciate his contributions to the organization and wish him well as he prepares for his next chapter."

Glawe reflected on his time with NICB and the organization's mission:

"It has been a privilege to serve NICB and to work alongside such a talented and committed team. I have tremendous respect for the work they do every day and for the mission we share—bringing together the insurance industry, law enforcement, and our many partners to fight insurance fraud and crime and protect the public.

I am proud of what we have accomplished together over the past six years and grateful for the dedication, expertise, and commitment I have seen throughout the organization."

Glawe will work with the Board and NICB leadership team through his departure to support an orderly transition. The Board will announce its leadership transition plans at the appropriate time.

NICB remains focused on its mission and on continuing to strengthen its capabilities and partnerships in the fight against insurance crime and fraud.,

About the National Insurance Crime Bureau: Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is the nation's leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to combatting and preventing insurance crime through Intelligence, Analytics, and Operations; Education and Crime Prevention; and Strategy, Policy, and Advocacy. NICB is supported by more than 1,200 property and casualty insurance companies and self-insured organizations. To learn more, visit NICB.org.

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Ribbon-cutting event brings the community together to celebrate a milestone in the company's U.S. growth

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa., Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Boiron, the world leader in homeopathic medicines, celebrated the grand opening of its new 78,898-square-foot logistics center with a ribbon-cutting and community celebration on Sept. 16. More than 200 guests, including local elected officials, business partners and employees, attended the event to mark the significant milestone.

Guests enjoyed a festive atmosphere that featured elevated food and drinks, photo opportunities and guided tours of the new facility. A wildflower bouquet-building booth added a hands-on, community-focused touch, giving attendees a memorable way to take a piece of the celebration home with them.

Located approximately 1 mile from Boiron's U.S. headquarters, this state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled facility consolidates operations previously housed in two nearby warehouses. It features energy-efficient mechanical systems, 24-hour surveillance, large windows that provide natural light and four electric vehicle charging stations for employees to use. A team of 28 employees, including eight new hires, operates the center. The centralized operation increases storage capacity, streamlines inventory management and product distribution, and strengthens workplace safety.

"This center is new, but our purpose is not. We are, and will always be, a company devoted to homeopathy and natural approaches to health," said Janick Boudazin, CEO of Boiron USA. "More than 300 million people around the world put their trust in homeopathy, and by extension, in us. That trust is something we earn — one customer, one conversation, one order at a time."

Local officials joined the celebration to recognize Boiron's continued investment in the community, reflected in its environmental impact, job creation and long-term commitment to the township. "This is about more than a ribbon cutting. It's about recognizing a company that has invested in our community, believed in our future and chosen to grow right here in Newtown Township. For more than 30 years, Boiron has called Newtown Square home," said Leonard B. Altieri III, Esq., chairman of the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors. "Millions of Americans know the Boiron name because of the company's commitment to quality, wellness and innovation. The new logistics center opening represents a significant investment in both the future of Boiron and the future of Newtown Township."

The event underscored Boiron's deep ties to Newtown Square and its continued commitment to growth, sustainability and operational excellence in the region and across the nation.

For more information about Boiron and its medicines, visit BoironUSA.com.

About Boiron: Since 1932, Boiron has been sharing its passion for homeopathy with a holistic and ecological approach to medicine. Its vision of health care puts people at its center and seeks to improve the quality of their everyday lives. With a long history of unmatched quality and innovation, Boiron remains dedicated to producing the purest of medicines that respect human health and the environment.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:

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Tired of Wearing a Gaming Headset for Hours? COLOLIGHT CHIMERA Offers a Different Way to Hear the Game

Launching September 22 on Kickstarter, CHIMERA reimagines gaming audio without anything worn on your head or over your ears.

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For many gamers, the longer a gaming session lasts, the more noticeable the headset becomes.

Headband pressure, warm earcups, and the feeling of having something clamped around the head can become distracting after hours of play. COLOLIGHT is taking a different approach with CHIMERA, a chair-mounted open-ear gaming headset launching on Kickstarter on September 22.

Instead of placing speakers directly over the ears, CHIMERA mounts onto the player's gaming chair, positioning its acoustic units around the listener to create a personal open-ear listening zone.

The idea is straightforward: retain the detail and positional information gamers expect from headphones while introducing the more open, spacious character typically associated with speakers — without requiring anything to be worn on the head.

Headset Precision, With a More Open Listening Experience

CHIMERA is built around an open acoustic system featuring a dedicated low-frequency driver and a nine-driver mid/high-frequency array.

The system is designed to deliver impactful bass, detailed mids and highs, and a spacious soundstage across gaming, movies, music, and everyday desktop entertainment.

For competitive gaming, CHIMERA uses a dedicated 2.4 GHz wireless connection with latency as low as 19 ms. Its desktop software also includes game-focused EQ profiles, including FPS presets designed to emphasize important audio cues such as footsteps, reloads, gunfire, and directional movement.

Designed for PC, PS5, Xbox and Different Ways to Play — Plug In and Play with 2.4GHz Wireless

With 2.4GHz wireless connectivity via a plug-and-play USB dongle, CHIMERA is designed for quick and easy use across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox and other supported gaming devices, making it suitable for players who move between competitive PC gaming, console titles, movies and everyday entertainment.

Its open and spacious presentation is designed to behave differently depending on the type of game being played.

In competitive shooters such as VALORANT, Counter-Strike 2, Call of Duty: Warzone and Apex Legends, positional detail becomes especially important. Footsteps, gunfire and movement cues can help players understand not only what is happening, but where it is happening.

For large-scale games such as Fortnite, the wider presentation can help separate environmental sounds, movement, combat effects and surrounding activity within busy scenes.

In cinematic, story-driven titles such as Cyberpunk 2077, the system is designed to create a more expansive sense of space around dialogue, music, vehicles and environmental effects, bringing the player deeper into the game world.

And in atmospheric action titles such as Elden Ring, CHIMERA's open presentation can help give environmental ambience, orchestral soundtracks and large-scale combat a greater sense of space and scale.

Rather than tuning the experience around a single genre, CHIMERA is designed to move between competitive precision and cinematic immersion depending on what the player is doing.

Built Around the Player — and the Chair

Because CHIMERA mounts directly to the gaming chair, the acoustic units can be adjusted for different chairs, seating positions and body heights.

Players can change the height, distance and angle of the system to position the sound around their preferred listening position.

Once adjusted, there is no headband to reposition and no earcups or earbuds resting directly on the ears, making CHIMERA particularly suited to longer gaming, streaming and desktop sessions.

Communication Without the Traditional Headset

For multiplayer communication, CHIMERA integrates AI-powered ANC and ENC voice-processing algorithms, helping reduce background noise and improve voice clarity during gaming sessions, online calls and team communication.

The goal is to preserve the communication functionality players expect from a gaming headset while changing the physical experience of how gaming audio is delivered.

A Different Kind of Gaming Audio Setup

Traditional headphones, desktop speakers and soundbars each come with their own compromises.

Headphones provide privacy and positional detail but must be worn. Speakers create a more open listening experience, but are affected more heavily by room placement and listening position, while the left and right channels cannot be fully isolated at the listener's ears.

CHIMERA explores a space between the two.

For gamers who enjoy immersive audio but are tired of wearing a headset for hours, CHIMERA is designed to offer another option.

A Launch Offer for Early Backers

COLOLIGHT CHIMERA launches on Kickstarter on September 22, with a $219 Super Early Bird price.

Early supporters will be among the first to experience COLOLIGHT's new approach to chair-mounted open-ear gaming audio.

Those interested in being among the first to experience COLOLIGHT's new approach to chair-mounted open-ear gaming audio can follow the Kickstarter campaign and sign up to receive a launch notification: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cololight/cololight-chimera-open-ear-gaming-headset

About COLOLIGHT

COLOLIGHT creates products for gaming rooms and desktop entertainment setups, spanning RGB lighting, gaming audio and desktop accessories designed around immersive gaming environments.

Through products that combine technology, interaction and distinctive industrial design, COLOLIGHT aims to rethink how players experience and personalize the spaces where they game.

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Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana to Keynote at CES 2027

Waymo shares future vision for the autonomous ride-hailing service

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, owner and producer of CES®, announces Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana will deliver a keynote at CES 2027. Waymo is a powerful example of technology moving from novelty to essential daily utility. With its autonomous vehicles serving over half a million trips every week, Waymo is already improving road safety in the communities where it operates, and addressing real-world challenges for seniors and people with limited mobility.

"Whether it's getting to work, catching a flight or heading to a doctor, autonomous vehicles deliver convenience, accessibility and value," said Kinsey Fabrizio, President and CEO, CTA. "Waymo is integrating frontier AI and robotics to create the future of mobility and I look forward to hearing what's next from Tekedra."

Mawakana is one of the leading voices shaping the future of mobility. Mawakana served on the CTA Board of Industry Leaders from 2019 to 2021. Recognized on the TIME 100 AI list and Forbes' 50 Over 50, she regularly speaks on the intersection of technology, leadership and innovation. Her work and impact were featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair and other leading global publications.

"Waymo is making fully autonomous transportation a seamless part of everyday life," said Mawakana. "We're scaling a service that gives people a safer, more reliable way to get where they need to go. CES is where the world experiences what's next, and with Waymo, you can do more than imagine the future of mobility, you can hail it."

Driven by its mission to be the world's most trusted driver, Waymo is addressing an urgent global crisis: the 1.19 million lives lost annually to traffic crashes. By building a Driver that never gets tired, distracted or impaired and is available 24/7, Waymo sets a higher safety standard. During the CES keynote, Mawakana will detail how the company maintains that safety bar alongside international expansion, fleet evolution, and more.

"Waymo is making transportation safer, more accessible and more efficient," said Gary Shapiro, Executive Chair, CTA. "Tekedra's leadership reflects innovation that improves lives, sparks policy insights and drives the power of technology."

Mawakana speaks at 1:00 p.m. PST on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027, in the Palazzo Ballroom at the Venetian. She previously spoke at the CES 2025 Leaders in Technology Dinner.

Visit the Waymo booth 3741 at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall from Jan. 6-9. Waymo recently began to welcome its first public riders in Las Vegas – its 15th U.S. market – giving CES attendees an opportunity to experience fully autonomous rides.

Don't miss what's next in autonomous vehicles. The keynote stage will also feature Stellantis. Register for CES 2027 now.

About CES®:

CES is the most powerful tech event in the world – the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world's biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector. CES 2027 takes place Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas. Learn more at CES.tech and follow CES on social.

About Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®:

As North America's largest technology trade association, CTA is the tech sector. Our members are the world's leading innovators – from startups to global brands – helping support more than 17 million American jobs. CTA owns and produces CES® – the most powerful tech event in the world. Find us at CTA.tech. Follow us @CTAtech.

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New fully amorphous thermoplastic adhesive technology is designed to increase ductility, flexural performance, energy absorption, and compression-after-impact strength in high-performance composite structures.

ROMEO, Mich., Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- L&L Products today announced the release of Toughened T-Link®, an advanced engineered thermoplastic adhesive developed to improve the performance of layered epoxy carbon-fiber composites. Designed for composite applications that demand high ductility, flexural strength, and impact performance, Toughened T-Link® enhances the proven T-Link® platform while maintaining the processing advantages of a thermoplastic adhesive.

Toughened T-Link® combines superior adhesion, dry-to-the-touch handling, room-temperature storage, and fast consolidation into composite structures while featuring enhanced impact-resistant features for use in demanding environments. The technology is engineered to conform to deep-drawn and irregularly shaped parts. It is available for purchase or sampling in pellet, micropellet, and film formats, with converted yarn and filament formats under development.

"Customers have been looking for a way to increase toughness and damage tolerance without giving up the processing advantages of thermoplastic adhesives," said Don Paquet, senior scientist at L&L Products. "Toughened T-Link® builds on our proven T-Link® platform by delivering greater ductility, flexural performance, and energy absorption while conforming to complex composite geometries and deep-drawn parts. It also creates opportunities to use thinner films and monofilaments, helping manufacturers place adhesive only where it's needed to reduce unnecessary weight and material."

In internal testing, composite panels made with Toughened T-Link® film and epoxy prepreg layers demonstrated a considerable increase in short beam shear performance under ASTM D2344 and a 66% increase in compressive strength after impact under ASTM D7137 compared with panels made with epoxy prepreg layers only.

The Toughened T-Link® platform was developed to meet the long-standing need for enhanced ductility in layered epoxy carbon-fiber composites while preserving the processing benefits customers expect from T-Link® materials. This technology gives manufacturers another way to design lighter, stronger, and more damage-tolerant composite structures for demanding applications.

The Toughened T-Link® material is targeted for composite applications involving high flexural loads, including potential aerospace and sporting goods uses. As a thermoplastic material, it may also support repairability, debonding via heat, reprocessing, and recycling opportunities where applicable services and processes are available.

For more information, visit tlink.llproducts.com.

About L&L Products

L&L Products is a technology-driven business-to-business company with expertise in static sealing, acoustics, vibration reduction, structural reinforcements, composite components, and advanced materials for automotive, aerospace, commercial vehicle, and industrial applications. With a global footprint and a focus on applied engineering and materials science, L&L Products develops solutions that help customers improve performance, efficiency, and sustainability. For more information, visit llproducts.com

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The award-winning design and innovation studio's hardware accelerator returns with its latest class of early-stage founders, culminating in an invite-only Demo Day this December.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Whipsaw, the award-winning design and innovation firm behind products including Tonal, Owala, and Brita, this week announced the launch of the newest cohort of The Workshop, its accelerator program built specifically for early-stage hardware founders. The 10-week cohort kicked off earlier this month, bringing together a new class of startups developing bold products across health, wellness, and home.

Investors, operators, and partners interested in attending this December's invite-only Demo Day (or founders interested in applying to an upcoming cohort) can visit www.whipsaw.com/the-workshop-hardware-startup-accelerator or request details by emailing [email protected].

Since launching in 2025, The Workshop has taken a different approach from a typical accelerator. Rather than a lecture-and-pitch model, it is built around direct, hands-on collaboration with Whipsaw's multidisciplinary team of industrial designers, experience designers, engineers, strategists, and brand experts. Founders get access to the same product development expertise behind some of the world's most recognizable consumer products, helping them move from product vision to investor-ready reality with clarity, momentum, and design leadership.

Over the 10-week program, founders get hands-on support across:

- Weekly cohort seminars and pitch practice

- 1:1 design sessions with the Whipsaw team

- Leadership, fundraising, and communication coaching led by Whipsaw Principal Advisor Cristina Georgoulakis

- Access to Whipsaw's trusted engineering and go-to-market networks

- A growing alumni community of hardware founders

The curriculum is structured to deliver an aligned product concept, brand story, and investor-ready pitch deck by the end of the program. The 10-week program culminates in Demo Day, an invite-only showcase at Whipsaw's San Francisco studio in December 2026, where each founder presents their product to a curated audience of early-stage hardware investors, operators, and partners.

Founders describe that momentum firsthand. "The speed of this 10-week program is moving us further than a year of working alone," Founder, Workshop Fall 2025.

The Workshop's operating team spans Whipsaw's leadership across industrial design, experience design, strategy, brand, and business development:

- Dan Harden — CEO, Principal Designer

- Walker Harden — Director of Experience Design

- Cole Derby — VP Industrial Design

- Anne Van Itallie — VP Client Relations & Growth

- Laura Ogle — Lead Strategist

- Cristina Georgoulakis — Principal Advisor, Growth and Capital Strategy

Additional advisors and mentors bring depth in fundraising, storytelling, and hardware go-to-market execution.

Whipsaw runs The Workshop several times per year. To apply or express interest in an upcoming cohort, visit www.whipsaw.com/the-workshop-hardware-startup-accelerator. To request a Demo Day invitation or for media inquiries, contact [email protected].

About Whipsaw

Whipsaw is an award-winning design and innovation firm that partners with companies to imagine, design, and build category-defining products. Its work spans industrial design, experience design, engineering, brand, and go-to-market strategy, behind products including Tonal, Owala, and Brita. Through The Workshop, Whipsaw extends that expertise to early-stage hardware founders. Learn more at www.whipsaw.com.

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Teamsters General President Emphasizes Protecting Good-Paying Union Jobs in America

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien on the announcement of a settlement agreement by California Attorney General Rob Bonta regarding the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger:

"The Teamsters Union supports the settlement agreement announced today by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to move forward the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. We thank Attorney General Bonta for his hard work to bring together the unions, employers, and other interested parties to craft a deal that protects American jobs in the film and television industry.

"The agreement includes protections for workers on the frontlines of this merger, which is the highest priority for the Teamsters Union. We must continue to do everything we can to work together to keep good-paying union jobs in America and to ensure America remains at the forefront of the global entertainment industry."

Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.

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Three New Buildings Will Expand Merritt's Jacksonville Light Industrial Portfolio as Momentum Continues at Gate Parkway

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Merritt Properties, a full-service commercial real estate developer with more than 21 million square feet of space throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, has begun construction on the third phase of Imeson Landing Business Park in north Jacksonville. The expansion will add three shallow-bay light industrial buildings totaling 126,500 square feet, bringing the park to 392,700 square feet.

Located at Zoo Parkway and Imeson Park Boulevard in Duval County, the new phase will be developed across the road from the park's five existing buildings, which total 266,200 square feet.

The development will include Building 600, totaling 39,600 square feet; Building 700, totaling 42,900 square feet; and Building 800, totaling 44,000 square feet. Buildings will offer 16- and 18-foot clear heights and 90- to 100-foot truck courts.

Phase three will also introduce small-bay incubator spaces, each offering 1,650 square feet, expanding Merritt's offerings for smaller and growing businesses. These move-in ready facilities include two offices, a bathroom, and a climate-controlled warehouse, all with at-grade drive-in access.

"Completing Imeson Landing is an exciting milestone for our team, particularly because this was Merritt's first ground-up development in Jacksonville," said Pat Franklin of Merritt Properties' Jacksonville office. "Since entering the market, we've seen strong demand for well-located, flexible light industrial space that can accommodate businesses at different stages of growth. This phase builds on what has worked well at Imeson while introducing smaller incubator spaces that allow us to serve an even broader range of companies."

Merritt expanded into the Jacksonville market in 2021. Construction on Imeson Landing began in March 2022, followed by phase two in July 2023, which was completed in March 2024. Imeson Landing was recognized by NAIOP Northeast Florida as its 2023 New Construction Project of the Year.

Serving as general contractor, ARCO/Design Build has worked alongside Merritt's land development and construction division since the project first broke ground. Construction on the third phase is anticipated to be completed in the second quarter of 2027.

"Breaking ground on these three buildings represents the culmination of several years of planning, development and construction at Imeson Landing," said Gary Swatko of Merritt Properties' Florida office. "Our team has worked closely with ARCO/Design Build throughout each phase to deliver high-quality, functional buildings that meet the needs of Jacksonville's growing business community and position the park for long-term success."

In addition to Franklin, Ross Crabtree and Luke Pope of JLL are assisting with leasing efforts at Imeson Landing.

Imeson Landing offers businesses a strategic north Jacksonville location with immediate access to Interstates 95 and 295. Across the park, buildings feature 18- to 20-foot clear heights, rear-loaded docks and configurations designed to support a range of business operations.

Merritt is also continuing to invest in its Jacksonville portfolio with the start of the second phase of redevelopment at Merritt at Gate Parkway. The company is converting Buildings 100 and 200 from vacant, single-story office space into multi-tenant light industrial buildings, a strategy envisioned when Merritt acquired the property in August 2024.

The redevelopment follows the successful completion and leasing of the first phase, which spans three buildings and is now fully leased to multiple tenants, including a full-building lease with Star Catcher. The City of Jacksonville also approved rezoning of the property to a Planned Unit Development, allowing for uses associated with IL, IBP, CCG-1 and CCG-2 zoning classifications.

"The response to the first phase at Gate Parkway has reinforced our confidence in our redevelopment strategy," Franklin said. "Converting Buildings 100 and 200 will allow us to accommodate a wider range of light industrial users while continuing the transformation of the property."

To learn more about these projects, visit www.Merritt-FL.com.

About Merritt Properties

Established in 1967, Merritt Properties is a privately held commercial real estate company offering a portfolio of more than 21 million square feet of Class A office, flex, warehouse, industrial, retail and build-to-suit properties throughout Maryland, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia. Capabilities include leasing, property development and management, and financing. Merritt Properties is committed to "Creating Homes for Businesses" and providing the highest quality service to its customers. For more information, visit www.merrittproperties.com.

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National real estate advisory firm completes more than 27 dental sale-leaseback transactions year-to-date, including recent closings in Ann Arbor, Norton Shores and Sterling Heights.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CrownPoint Partners has completed more than 27 dental sale-leaseback transactions across Michigan and Ohio year-to-date, totaling more than $34 million in transaction volume.

The firm's recent Michigan closings in Ann Arbor, Norton Shores and Sterling Heights demonstrate CrownPoint's ability to generate competitive buyer interest, achieve pricing near or at asking price, and execute transactions on accelerated timelines for repeat clients.

In Norton Shores, Michigan, CrownPoint represented the seller, a repeat client, in a transaction that closed at 97% of the asking price. CrownPoint executed a 58-day contract-to-close timeline. The property is subject to a 15-year absolute net lease with 2.5% annual rental increases, providing predictable income with no landlord responsibilities.

For the Ann Arbor, Michigan sale, CrownPoint represented the seller, also a repeat client, in another dental disposition. CrownPoint procured multiple offers, with the property ultimately selling at 99% of the asking price at a 6.50% cap rate. The transaction moved from contract to close in just 42 days.

In Sterling Heights, Michigan, CrownPoint represented the seller, a repeat client, in an all-cash transaction that closed at full asking price. CrownPoint executed an accelerated 13-day contract-to-close timeline. The property is subject to a 15-year absolute net lease with 2.5% annual rental increases and no landlord responsibilities.

"These transactions reflect the strength of our ongoing relationships with both buyers and sellers, along with our continued activity throughout Michigan and Ohio," said Julius Swolsky, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CrownPoint Partners. "Our focus is on creating competitive bidding environments, maximizing value for our clients and executing efficiently. For dental operators and DSOs, a properly structured sale-leaseback can also unlock capital tied up in real estate while allowing the operator to maintain long-term control of its facilities."

Through its dental sale-leaseback platform, CrownPoint advises dental operators, DSOs, developers, private equity groups and investors on strategies to monetize owned real estate and redeploy capital. The captured capital goes toward practice acquisitions, facility improvements, equipment, staffing and continued expansion.

The featured transactions represent a portion of CrownPoint Partners' broader work in the medical real estate nationwide, further demonstrating the brokerage's expertise in the dental and healthcare real estate sectors. CrownPoint continues to advise owners, developers and investors on commercial real estate investment sales estate transactions nationwide.

About CrownPoint Partners

CrownPoint Partners is a national real estate brokerage and advisory firm with offices in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Newport Beach, California. The firm is led by principals Julius Swolsky, Shannon Bona, and Don Bingham, recognized experts in Commercial Real Estate and Sale-Leaseback transactions. Leveraging decades of experience in investment sales, development, and institutional banking, CrownPoint provides services at every stage of the investment journey.

CrownPoint's client base spans REITs and institutions, private equity, developers, business owners, and private investors. CrownPoint's Net Lease Investments and Sale-Leaseback platforms offer tailored solutions with specializations in investment sales, acquisitions, corporate expansion, value optimization, and unique ways to unlock capital.

Committed to consistency, transparency, and responsible investment practices, CrownPoint builds lasting partnerships and helps clients achieve their long-term financial goals. Visit: www.crownpoint.co.

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